China Begins To Show it's 'Firepower'

Firepower Bristles In South China Sea As Rivalries Harden -- Reuters

(Reuters) - In the early years of China's rise to economic and military prowess, the guiding principle for its government was Deng Xiaoping's maxim: "Hide Your Strength, Bide Your Time."

Now, more than three decades after paramount leader Deng launched his reforms, that policy has seemingly lapsed or simply become unworkable as China's military muscle becomes too expansive to conceal and its ambitions too pressing to postpone.

The current row with Southeast Asian nations over territorial claims in the energy-rich South China Sea is a prime manifestation of this change, especially the standoff with the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal.

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My Comment: If they have advanced this much in the past 20 years .... one can then only imagine what the Chinese military will look like 20 years from now.